{"id":14534,"date":"2020-12-16T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=14534"},"modified":"2021-05-18T02:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:46:58","slug":"2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Congress Program Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Activities of the<br \/>\nResearch Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nAt the<br \/>\n56th International Congress on Medieval Studies<br \/>\n(<span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\u201315<\/span> May 2021)<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Following the Call for Papers<br \/>\n(due by 15 September 2020)<br \/>\nand the Selection of Papers (due by 1 October 2020)<br \/>\nWe announce the Program for our Sessions<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">#kzoo2021<\/span> \/ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">#kazoo2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11925\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11925\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11925 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-cropped-more-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin: &quot;Here du salste opdoen mine lippen&quot;. Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object, in order, perhaps, to perform skrying or to lure a unicorn.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-cropped-more-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-cropped-more-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-cropped-more.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours. Image via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-call-for-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>, the Selection of proposed Papers, and the submission of the Programs for our Sessions to the Congress Committee (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Congress Planning<\/a>), we announce the Program for our Sessions and our other Activities for the 2021 ICMS Congress.<\/p>\n<p>All activities at the Congress are scheduled to take place only &#8220;virtually&#8221;.\u00a0 For such virtual plans, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a> page of the Medieval Institute.\u00a0 <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Watch this space. We await instructions from the Congress Committee regarding the revised approach to Sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note that, once the Committee announced that the Congress would have to go &#8216;virtual&#8217;, all 3 co-sponsors for our planned Reception agreed that it would make sense to wait for such an event until some suitable occasion in person.\u00a0 However, we continue to plan for all 5 Sessions and our Open Business Meeting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update on 26 March 2021:<br \/>\nThe <strong>Program<\/strong> of the Congress is now <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">available<\/a>. For information about the Congress, see its <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3><em>In a Nutshell<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Open Business Meeting:\u00a0 All are Welcome<\/h3>\n<h4>Thursday, 13 May at 12:00 pm EDT.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, page 99.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sessions<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Seal the Real, I\u2013II<\/h3>\n<h4>Congress Sessions 259 and 279, Virtually on<br \/>\nThursday, 13 May at 11:00 am EDT and at 1:00 pm EDT<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 92\u201393 and 100\u2013101.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Medieval Magic in Theory:<br \/>\n<strong>Prologues to Learned Texts of Magic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Congress Session 103, Virtually on<br \/>\nTuesday, 11 May at 11:00 am EDT<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 38\u201339.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Revealing the Unknown, Parts I\u2013II<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Congress Sessions 181 and 201, Virtually on<br \/>\nWednesday, 12 May at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm EDT<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 66 and 73.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details follow here.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>2020&gt;2021<\/h2>\n<p>After the cancellation of the 2020 Congress (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Congress Program Announced<\/a>), preparations for the 2021 Congress permitted re-submitting the sessions which had been designed to take place in May 2020. By popular request, we performed that re-submission for all 5 Sessions. With approval by the Congress Committee, these Sessions joined the listings of all sessions on call on the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201024125250\/https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\/call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress website<\/a> and formed our own <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-call-for-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New for the 2021 Congress, all proposals (or re-proposals from 2020) had to be made through a Confex system, as directed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201024125250\/https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\/call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress website<\/a>. The new system imposed teething problems for prospective participants, Session Organizers, and Sponsors. The challenges emerged in several forms at various stages, including close to the several deadlines for submission of proposals for Sessions (1 June), receipt of proposals for their Papers (15 September), and submission of our choices for their Programs (1 October), along with the bookings for our Business Meeting and Reception.\u00a0 We thank Elizabeth Teviotdale of the Medieval Institute for direct help at various stages.<\/p>\n<p>Then we could announce our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Congress Planning in Progress<\/a>, while waiting to for approval from the Congress Committee for our proposed Programs and the scheduling of the Sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we announce the Programs of our Sessions and publish the Abstracts of their Papers.\u00a0 (With updates as appropriate for the Abstracts which had been prepared for the 2020 Congress.)\u00a0 The Abstracts are accessible both through this <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement<\/a> (You are Here) and through the Indexes of published Abstracts by <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/abstracts-of-conference-papers-listed-by-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Year<\/a> and by <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/abstracts-of-conference-papers-listed-by-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We thank our Participants and Organizers for their contributions.\u00a0 We look forward to the Sessions, and offer the Abstracts of Papers as a foretaste of the menu of discussion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11922\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11922\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11922 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Ad\u00e8le Kindt (1804\u20131884), The Fortune Teller (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons. A young lady, brightly lit and beautifully dressed, looks outward as an older woman, beneath a dark hood, holds a set of cards and stares at them with intent.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ad\u00e8le Kindt (1804\u20131884), The Fortune Teller (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The 2021 Congress<\/h2>\n<h3>1) Sessions<\/h3>\n<p>For the 2021 Congress, we present the same 5 Sessions as those planned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Congress<\/a>, with a few changes (including 1 revised Session Title and 3 new Papers).\u00a0 The Sessions comprise 2 Sessions sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and 3 Sessions co-sponsored with the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a>, in the 17th year of <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this co-sponsorship<\/a> at the International Congress on Medieval Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Our pair of Sponsored Sessions dedicated to &#8220;<strong>Seal the Real I\u2013II<\/strong>&#8221; remain as before. The pair of co-sponsored Sessions dedicated to &#8220;<strong>Revealing the Unknown I\u2013II<\/strong>&#8221; have a few changes in the line-up. One Session has a revised title (&#8220;Medieval Magic in Theory: Prologues in Medieval Texts of Magic, Astrology, and Prophecy&#8221;). For 2021, the Societas Magica has agreed also to co-sponsor this Session, adapting to changing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Congress will be the 17th year of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-sponsorship<\/a> with the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a>, in a constantly constructive partnership of friends, students, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<h3>2) Reception Postponed<\/h3>\n<p>We had planned for a Reception co-sponsored with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University<\/a> (formerly the Index of Christian Art) and the Societas Magica, but we agree to wait for some occasion when such a gathering might take place in person.<\/p>\n<p>Glimpses of our co-sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\/receptions-and-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Receptions<\/a> at the Congress appear in the souvenirs of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\/receptions-and-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrations<\/a> and in the Reports for the individual Congresses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-behind-the-scenes-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Behind the Scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2018-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/doctor-who-done-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014 Anniversary<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3) Business Meeting<\/h3>\n<p>Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015\u20132020 Congresses<\/a>, we plan for an <strong>Open Business Meeting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to changes, the <strong>Agenda<\/strong> for the 2021 Business Meeting adopts a new approach.\u00a0 Already, the revised <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/12962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Agenda<\/a> for the postponed <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Business Meeting<\/a> takes into account the changes for that year.\u00a0 The <strong>Agenda<\/strong> for 2021 offers scope for renewal.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we continue to offer the 1-page <strong>Agenda<\/strong> in customary form, encapsulating a set of <strong>Reports<\/strong> about Activities in progress, accomplished, planned, and desired.\u00a0 Earlier years call it the <strong>Agenda<\/strong>, Reports included.\u00a0 This year, we call it the <strong>Agenda Report<\/strong>.\u00a0 To it, we add another 1-page list of items which focus upon the <strong>Agenda<\/strong> for the Business Meeting itself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/15483\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Agenda Report<\/a> and <a href=\"ce.org\/wpme\/download\/15733\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Congress Business Meeting Agenda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/12962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Agenda<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their 1-page statements serve as concise Reports for our Activities, Plans, and Desiderata.\u00a0 Some of the <strong>Agendas<\/strong> over the years stand among the Top 5 Most Popular Downloads on our site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11871 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-231x300.png\" alt=\"Poster 2 for 219 Anniversary Symposium, with symposium information and 2 images of cropped initials, from 12th-century Latin manuscripts, from the Princeton University Art Museum.\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/>The most popular downloads still remain our copyright and FREE multilingual digital font <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/bembino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a>, and some Booklets from our Symposia and Colloquia. So far, these FREE &#8220;best sellers&#8221; include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/dowwnloads\/download\/12703\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Cover to Cover<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-spring-symposium-save-the-date\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Spring Symposium<\/a> as planned)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/11900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Roads Taken<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-anniversary-symposium-report-the-roads-taken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Anniversary Symposium<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/6991\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Words &amp; Deeds<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-symposium-on-words-deeds-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Symposium)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/4671\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When the Dust Has Settled<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-colloquium-on-when-the-dust-has-settled-program-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014 Colloquium<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crusading and the Byzantine Legacy <em>and<\/em> The Medieval Balkans as Mirror<\/a> (two of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Congress<\/a> Sessions)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/4680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Predicting the Past<\/a> (one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Congress<\/a> Sessions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a>These publications, like most of our <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/profile\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publications<\/a><a>, are FREE, but we welcome donations, both in funds and in kind, for our nonprofit mission, with the option of tax-deduction for your <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donations<\/a><a>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to your contributions and participation.<\/p>\n<h1>2021 Congress Activities<\/h1>\n<h2>Our Business Meeting at the Congress<\/h2>\n<p>This year, held Virtually, the Meeting is scheduled for<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, 13 May at 12:00 pm EDT.<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, page 99.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>Our events at the Congress, as always, are designed to represent, to explore, to promote, to celebrate, and to advance aspects of our shared range of interests, fields of study, subject matter, and collaboration between younger and established scholars, teachers, and others, in multiple centers.<\/p>\n<p>Again we co-sponsor Sessions with the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a> (3 Sessions this year). It will be the 17th year of <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this co-sponsorship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>5 Sessions<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-784 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I. Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sessions 1\u20132<\/h2>\n<h2>1\u20132. Seal the Real: Documentary Records, Seals &amp; Authentications<\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Congress Sessions 259 and 279<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, 13 May at 11:00 am EDT and at 1:00 pm EDT<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Between them we will hold our Business Meeting <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday, 13 May at 12:00 pm EDT.<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 92\u201393 and 100\u2013101.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Note: Our plans for these 2021 Sessions correspond to the plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Congress<\/a><\/em>.]<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (<em>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:director@manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director@manuscriptevidence.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11589\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11589\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11589 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4843-1-1275-Charter-with-Seal-and-Guide-cropped-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Judgment of Arbitration by Philip I, Count of Savoy, of 28 May 1275 with Brown Wax Seal and with Docketing in French. Photograph by Mildred Budny.\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4843-1-1275-Charter-with-Seal-and-Guide-cropped-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4843-1-1275-Charter-with-Seal-and-Guide-cropped-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4843-1-1275-Charter-with-Seal-and-Guide-cropped-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4843-1-1275-Charter-with-Seal-and-Guide-cropped-1024x792.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judgment of Arbitration by Philip I, Count of Savoy, of 28 May 1275<br \/>with Brown Wax Seal<br \/>and with Docketing in French. Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These sessions explore the presentation and attestation of documentary records in the medieval and early modern periods, in the long transition to the modern custom of signatures as autographs \u2014 as distinct (partly) from earlier &#8216;signatures&#8217; often made by proxy, whether by cross-signs, names inscribed by others on behalf of the signatory, personal or official seals, or other forms. The fields of consideration include forgeries (&#8216;signatures&#8217;, seals, and questionable documents), reported records of documents perhaps otherwise lost (as in cartularies, chronicles, and other narratives), and the occasional preservation of fingerprints upon the records themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The time-honored human determination to establish recognized \u2014 that is, effective \u2014 modes of authenticating intentions and actions by individuals and institutions alike underpins the historical transmission (or disruption, willful and otherwise) of formal records of agreements, sales, transfers, decisions over grievances and feuds, and other impactful official arrangements across the centuries. Examining case studies for this session, we encourage multiple approaches, subject matters, and methodologies for analyzing the strategies adopted (successfully or otherwise) in the pursuit of such a quest for authentication.<\/p>\n<p>The desire effectively to express identity and authenticity as a matter of record may well resonate with many participants. The Session considers aspects of the historical traditions, improvisations, inventions, and (it may be) occasional failures of earlier centuries in such a quest. Perchance we might learn instructively from the past.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Part I: Signed &amp; Sealed <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_11588\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11588\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11588 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4845-1-1275-Charter-Seal-squared-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Equestrian Wax Seal of Philip I, Count of Savoy, Affixed to his Judgment of Abritration, 28 May 1275. Photograph by Mildred Budny. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4845-1-1275-Charter-Seal-squared-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4845-1-1275-Charter-Seal-squared-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4845-1-1275-Charter-Seal-squared-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4845-1-1275-Charter-Seal-squared-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Equestrian Wax Seal of Philip I, Count of Savoy,<br \/>Affixed to his Judgment of Abritration, 28 May 1275. Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Derek Shank<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Presenters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura J. Whatley<\/strong> (Fine Arts Department, Auburn University\u00a0\u2014 Montgomery)<br \/>\n\u201cSealing the Historical Record in Matthew Paris\u2019s <em>Chronica Maiora\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/whatley-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>John McEwan<\/strong> (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University)<br \/>\n\u201cAntiquity Revisited:\u00a0 Ancient Gems in Medieval English Seals\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/mcewan-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Eric Ensley<\/strong> (English Department, Yale University)<br \/>\n\u201cSigned, Sealed, Delivered?\u00a0 Hoccleve\u2019s Ambiguous Seal Poetics\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/ensley-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4616\" style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4616\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/268-document-1354-OS-from-Gratianopolis.jpg\" alt=\"Document in 5 lines on paper, dated 22 February 1345 (Old Style), with red wax seal. Image reproduced by permisison.\" width=\"752\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/268-document-1354-OS-from-Gratianopolis.jpg 752w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/268-document-1354-OS-from-Gratianopolis-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/268-document-1354-OS-from-Gratianopolis-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Collection. Document of 13 February 1345 (Old Style) from Grenoble in 5 lines on paper, dated 22 February 1345 (Old Style), with red wax seal.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Part II:\u00a0 \u00d7 Marks the Spot<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Derek Shank<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presenters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael F. Webb<\/strong> (Independent Scholar, Detroit, Michigan)<br \/>\n\u201cBy Our Own Hand:\u00a0 Cross-Signs in the Cartularies of Angoumois\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/webb-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>David W. Sorenson<\/strong> (Alan G. Berman, Numismatist)<br \/>\n\u201cA Strange Seal from Grenoble from 1346, or Headbinding in France:\u00a0 Carryover and\/or Forerunner in Toulouse?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/sorenson-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Respondent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSeals, Matrices, and Signatures:\u00a0 A Response\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/budny-2021-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Response<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4617\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4617\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4151.jpg\" alt=\"The red wax seal seen upright, with the male human head facing left. Document on paper issued at Grenoble and dated 13 February 1345 (Old Style). Image reproduced by permission\" width=\"561\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4151.jpg 561w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4151-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4151-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seal on a Document from Grenoble of 22 February 1345 (Old Style).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Also, see our blog for on-going discoveries in the study of seal matrices, signatures, and documents, seals sometimes included:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/category\/manuscript-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manuscript Studies<\/a>, for which see its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/manuscript-studies-contents-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contents List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10560\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10560\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10560 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Medieval-Seal-Matrices-1-14-in-Tray-with-color-guide-at-72-dpi-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Private Collection. Set of 14 Seal Matrices accompanied by Specimens of their Seals. Photograph by Mildred Budny.\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Medieval-Seal-Matrices-1-14-in-Tray-with-color-guide-at-72-dpi-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Medieval-Seal-Matrices-1-14-in-Tray-with-color-guide-at-72-dpi-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Medieval-Seal-Matrices-1-14-in-Tray-with-color-guide-at-72-dpi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Medieval-Seal-Matrices-1-14-in-Tray-with-color-guide-at-72-dpi.jpg 1555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Collection. Set of 14 Seal Matrices accompanied by Specimens of their Seals. Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>II. Co-Sponsored with the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4850\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission\" width=\"270\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png 175w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23-150x86.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>Sessions 3\u20135<\/h2>\n<h2>Session 3. Medieval Magic in Theory:<br \/>\n<strong>Prologues to Learned Texts of Magic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Congress Session 103, Virtually on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday, 11 May at 11:00 am EDT<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 38\u201339.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Note: Our plans for this 2021 Session adapt its plan for the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Congress<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizer <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vajra Regan <\/strong>(Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:vajra.regan@utoronto.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vajra.regan@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The prologues to medieval texts of learned magic could serve a variety of functions. They were a space for their authors to announce the theme of the work, to situate the work within a specific literary, philosophical, or theological landscape, and to lay special claim to the reader\u2019s attention. Consequently, these prologues have much to tell us about the traditions and beliefs underlying certain magical texts. Moreover, because many magical texts are substantially anonymous compilations, their prologues often provide unique access to the lives and contexts of the men and women behind the parchment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13995\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13995\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13995\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hermes-Trismegistus-4-Vajra.png\" alt=\"Hermes Trismegistus. Frontispiece image (Lyons, 1669) via Wikimedia Commons and Wellcome Images (Wellcome_L0000980).\" width=\"250\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hermes-Trismegistus-4-Vajra.png 169w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Hermes-Trismegistus-4-Vajra-147x150.png 147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hermes Trismegistus. Frontispiece image (Lyons, 1669) via Wikimedia Commons and Wellcome Images.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The aim of this session is to explore these still largely understudied prologues which testify to the variety of medieval approaches to &#8216;magic&#8217;. We are especially interested in how magic is theorized in these prologues. What insights do these prologues offer into contemporary debates about the epistemological status of magic? Moreover, what can they tell us about the social, religious, and institutional contexts of their authors and readers?<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vajra Regan <\/strong>(Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presenters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vajra Regan <\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;The Secret in the Prologue to the Collected Treasures:<br \/>\nBiblical Allusions, Occult References, and Coded Language in a Thirteenth-Century Medical\u2013Magical Lapidary\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/regan-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Porreca<\/strong> (Department of Classics, University of Waterloo)<br \/>\n&#8220;Introducing the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Picatrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Picatrix<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0 The Prologue&#8217;s Balancing Act between Content and Perception&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/porreca-2021-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Respondent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House<\/strong> (Skagit Valley College, Whidby Island Campus, and Columbia College, NAS Whidby Island Campus)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/bernhardt-house-2021-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Response<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12222\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12222\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d273e785970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, folio 146v. Matthew Paris\u2019s description in the 'Liber Additamentorum' of the gems of Saint Albans Abbey.\" width=\"500\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d273e785970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d273e785970c-500wi-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d273e785970c-500wi-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, folio 146v. Matthew Paris\u2019s description in the &#8216;Liber Additamentorum&#8217; of the gems of Saint Albans Abbey.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This Session now has its own Page.\u00a0 Its Page gathers into one place the description, Abstracts, links, and illustrations for the Session.\u00a0 We invite you to have a look, and, if you wish, to offer Comments and feedback.\u00a0 Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/medieval-magic-in-theory\/&quot;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medieval Magic in Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sessions 4\u20135: <strong>Revealing the Unknown, Parts I\u2013II<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Congress Sessions 181 and 201, Virtually on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday, 12 May at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm EDT<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2021 Congress Program<\/a><\/em>, pages 66 and 73.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Note: Our plans for this pair of 2021 Sessions adapt their plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Congress<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11924\" style=\"width: 1289px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11924\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin: &quot;Here du salste opdoen mine lippen&quot;. Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object, in order, perhaps, to perform skrying or to lure a unicorn.\" width=\"1279\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/W782_000033_sap-fol-15r-728x1024.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin. Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object, in order, perhaps, to perform skrying or to lure a unicorn.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>4. Revealing the Unknown I:<br \/>\nScryers and Scrying in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period<\/h3>\n<p>[<em>Note:\u00a0 Some last-minute changes to the Program, as of 11 May 2021, are reported here<\/em>.]<\/p>\n<p><em>Organizers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanne de Laat<\/strong><br \/>\nEnglish Department<br \/>\nRadboud University Nijmegen<\/p>\n<p><strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens<\/strong><br \/>\nEnglish Department<br \/>\nRadboud University Nijmegen<br \/>\nThe Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>From the little boy on the lap of the priest to the astrologer physician <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Napier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Napier<\/a>, scryers have fulfilled a significant role in spirit communications throughout the Middle Ages and early modern period. That children were instrumentalized by clergy doubling as ritual magicians has been known for a long time. The activities of professional adult scryers, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Kelley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edward Kelley<\/a> and Sarah Skelhorn, are likewise well-documented. Recently, however, attention has moved to the scrying activities of medical and astrological professionals, as Ofer Hadass\u2019s study of Richard Napier bears out. The autobiography of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Lilly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Lilly<\/a> and the manuscripts of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elias_Ashmole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elias Ashmole<\/a> suggest that early modern astrologer physicians utilized scrying in different ways from the medieval clerical underworld.<\/p>\n<p>This session offers an opportunity to reassess older notions about scryers and scrying, and to engage with current research on the identity and activities of professional scryers. Topics for papers could feature, for instance, the techniques used by scryers, the necessary instruments for this craft, as well as the goals for which a scryer\u2019s services could be used. Diachronic approaches to the topic are welcome, and papers that consider cross-cultural approaches, such as Jewish or Arabic scryers and scrying practices, are encouraged.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11920\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11920\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11920 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Magic-mirror-of-Floron-Mathematisch-Physikalischer-Salon-Staatliche-Kunstsammlungen-Dresden-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Magic mirror of Floron . Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Image via Creative Commons.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Magic-mirror-of-Floron-Mathematisch-Physikalischer-Salon-Staatliche-Kunstsammlungen-Dresden-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Magic-mirror-of-Floron-Mathematisch-Physikalischer-Salon-Staatliche-Kunstsammlungen-Dresden-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Magic-mirror-of-Floron-Mathematisch-Physikalischer-Salon-Staatliche-Kunstsammlungen-Dresden-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Magic-mirror-of-Floron-Mathematisch-Physikalischer-Salon-Staatliche-Kunstsammlungen-Dresden-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magic mirror of Floron. Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Update<\/em><\/span>: &gt; <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p><em>Presenters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Colleu<\/strong> (POLEN Lab, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans)<br \/>\n\u201c<em>Alia experimentum<\/em> [<em>sic<\/em>] <em>cristalli pro puero<\/em>: Scrying in a 15th-century Nigromantic Manuscript\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/colleu-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel M. Harms<\/strong> (Associate Librarian, SUNY Cortland)<br \/>\n&#8220;Scrying with the Saints:\u00a0 Holy Personalities and Their Marginality in Early Modern Magic&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/harms-2021-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanne de Laat <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSeeing the Whole Picture:\u00a0 Scryers and Their Networks in Medieval and Early Modern England\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/de-laat-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marla Segol<\/strong> (State University of New York at Buffalo)<br \/>\n\u201cGender and Scrying in 16th-Century Ottoman Kabbalah\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Update<\/span>:\u00a0 Marla was unable to attend or present her paper.\u00a0 It was represented by her Abstract.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/segol-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5. <strong>Revealing the Unknown II:<br \/>\nSortil\u00e8ge, Bibliomancy, and Divination<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Organizer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip A. Bernhardt-House<\/strong> (Skagit Valley College, Whidby Island Campus, and Columbia College, NAS Whidby Island Campus)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:phillip.bernhardthouse@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">phillip.bernhardthouse@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From earliest times, humans have sought methods to contact supernatural entities to obtain knowledge of the present or future, known as divination. In ancient and medieval contexts, two such methods that were sometimes connected were sortil\u00e8ge and bibliomancy: for example, the Lots of Mary, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sortes_Astrampsychi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sortes Astramphysychi<\/em><\/a>, Homeric Oracles, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sortes_Vergilianae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgilian Oracles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These practices involved numerological processes to select specific passages from canonical texts in order to divine on desired topics. This session focuses on these and other methods of divination, so as to understand how textual and other authorities became invested with powers far greater than the impacts of their literary merits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip A. Bernhardt-House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Presenters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Roblee<\/strong> (Department of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst)<br \/>\n&#8220;The Chaldean Oracles and the Ritual Divination Practices of the Neoplatonists in Late Antiquity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/roblee-2021-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Note:<br \/>\n<\/strong>The following paper will not be included in the online Session.\u00a0 The Abstract indicates the intended scope and range.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurence Erussard<\/strong> (English Department, Hobart and Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York)<br \/>\n\u201cDivination:\u00a0 The Carving of Runes, and Their Relationship to Poetry in Icelandic Literature\u201d<strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/erussard-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong>Michael A. Conrad<\/strong> (Kunsthistorisches Institut, University of Zurich)<br \/>\n\u201cUnlocking the Future:\u00a0 Remarks on the Materiality of Tools of Sortil\u00e8ge\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/conrad-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carole A. Myscofsk<\/strong>i (Religion Department, Illinois Wesleyan University)<br \/>\n\u201cDivining the Future in Sixteenth-Century Brazil:\u00a0 Texts and Pretexts\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/myscofski-2020-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11922\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11922\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11922 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller.jpg\" alt=\"Ad\u00e8le Kindt (1804\u20131884), The Fortune Teller (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons. A young lady, brightly lit and beautifully dressed, looks outward as an older woman, beneath a dark hood, holds a set of cards and stares at them with intent.\" width=\"900\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller.jpg 900w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kindt_Fortune_teller-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ad\u00e8le Kindt (1804\u20131884), The Fortune Teller (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Note on the image shown above<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u00e8le Kindt (1804\u20131884), <em>The Fortune Teller<\/em> (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons.\u00a0 A young lady, brightly lit and beautifully dressed, looks outward as an older woman, beneath a dark hood, holds a set of cards and looks at them with intent.\u00a0 The forward-facing cat, seated in the woman&#8217;s lap, gazes at beholders with raised ears and an inscrutable expression.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Program<\/strong> of the Congress is <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u434\/2021\/medieval-program-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">available<\/a>. 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